- Adira on “Star Trek: Discovery”
The current season of “Star Trek: Discovery” has added the character of Adira, a wide-eyed young prodigy who just so happens to remember multiple past lives. Using “Star Trek” alien tropes as a storytelling vehicle, the writers have crafted an arc for Adira—and the non-binary actor who plays Adira, Blu del Barrio—to explore life through the eyes of gender non-conforming young people you may know in your classrooms. The recent Adira-heavy episode “Forget Me Not” may help your students who are dealing with identity questions—plus, bonus representation points for a science fiction adventure franchise building a big-budget CGI sequence around a non-binary cast member coming to terms with their identity. - Gender Spectrum’s Educator Resources Page
If you’re here, you likely want to create gender-inclusive environments in your school communities. Gender Spectrum has been helping educators build those for years. Their findings, which they call the “Principles of Gender Inclusive Health Education,” can be found here.
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This post originally appeared on Citizen Education.
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